Recipes from The Inglenook Cookbook by The Sisters of the Brethren Church (1906)

POT PIE RECIPES

MEAT PIE #1

Thoroughly boil 3 pounds of meat. Lift the meat from the broth, of which there should be a pint or more. Slice an onion, brown in butter a golden tint, add to broth. Throw 5 medium-sized potatoes, sliced, in boiling water, when nearly done drain and set aside. Take a quart of flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, lard size of unhulled walnut, and water. Make a dough and line small dripping pan. Take half the meat, cut in slices, place in pan with potatoes and bits of dough. Add the broth; see all is properly seasoned and cover with top crust. Bake an hour. Bits of cold meat may be used if you have the broth.